About Andries Oelofse, SV/PROG

Andries OELOFSE went to South Africa in 1668 from Oslo, Norway

Andries OELOFSE, also spelt OELSEN from Norway. He arrived at the Cape in 1668. According to SAG vol VII, he got married at Cape Town 14 April 1690 to Sara VAN GYSELEN (Sara van de Kaap), daughter of Leendert Jansz van Gyselen (van Den Haag) and Maria Willemsdogter van de Kaap. Boeseken refers to, "Sara from the Cape, a half-caste female belonging to the Company, promised that upon her death (and after her marriage to Andries Oelsen), she would leave half her possessions to the Company in return for the education she had received as child."

He married Sara van Gijselen, daughter of Leendert Jansz van Gijselen and Claasje NN, on 14 April 1690 NGK Cape Town

Children - 7 listed at FFYP

Mother Sara van Gijselen b. 5 Jul 1671, d. b 19 Jan 1719

Leendert Oelofse ≈ 20 Aug 1690, d. b 4 May 1721

Dorothea Oelofsz ≈ 19 Oct 1692

Note concerning Various early Cape individuals, written by Mansell Upham, January - February 2011 (Personal Library, unknown repository reference) "1692 Den 19 8bris aen Stellenbosch een kint gedoopt waer van de vader is Andrijs Oelofse, de moeder Sara Leenderts, tot getuijg[e] stont Roelof Pasman, ende Fijtie Schalk, is genaemt Teure [My thanks to Mansell Upham for clearing up this transcription and also for pointing out that Teure is possibly a corruption of Thyre - or more conventionally Thyra - that in Danish/Norwegian 'y' is the same as 'u' in Afrikaans -i.e. Thyre pronounced Tuur or Teur - and that although the etymologies may conflict, there is a case to be made for the interchangeability of Dorothea and Thyra in terms of pagan Norsk names surviving in post-Christian Scandinavia.]."

Andries Oelofse, SV/PROG's Timeline

Particulars - A conspiracy was discovered aboard and the instigators were punished at the Cape.

Nothing is known of Andrijs /Andreas between his arrival and his marriage in 1690, suggesting that perhaps he was part of the conspiracy mentioned above. It could be that he was sentenced to hard labour as punishment for taking part in that conspiracy. (Speculation)